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CP Government (1st, 4th, and 7th periods)--This course in American Government will fulfill the state requirement for graduation and may be taken instead of Government. It is inteded for students who plan to go on to college. Students will be expected to be active in class discussions and activities. There will be supplementary reading and research assignments. The course will examine the basic concepts of the American system (origins of government, political parties, voting, citizenship, and civil rights). Analysis of current political events is also an important part of this course.
Economics (3rd and 5th periods)--This is a semester course offered teh junior year and is required for graduation. Students will use economic reasoning skills and knoledge of major economic condepts, issues, and systems in order to make informed choices as producers, consumers, savers, nvestors, workers, and citizens in an interdependent world. Students will collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information from multiple sources in order to draw logical conclusions. Students will communicate this information using appropriate social studies terminology in oral, written, or multimedia form and apply what they have learned to societal issues in simulated or real-world settings.
AP Government (6th period)--This course is inteded for those students who plan to take the Advanced Placement Government and Politics exam in May. The course will cover the following units: "Constitutional Underpinnings of the US Government," "Political beliefs and behaviors of individuals," "Political parties, interest groups, and mass media: mechanisms taht facilitate the communication of interest and preferences by like-minded citizens," "Institutions of National Government: The Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and federal courts," "Public policy," and "Civil liberties and civil rights."
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